Volume 8 Nomor 4. Agustus 2013 Terbit 2 bulan sekali

FOOD SMART VILAGE “Managing Land And Water Resources For Better Livelihoods Through Agriculture Development”

ISSN 1907 - 8773

Driest climate upland area in Indonesia such as part of South Sulawesi, East and West

Nusa Tenggara where low yields, may become even less-suited for agriculture as a result

of water scarcity and land degradation. These conditions become more severe during the

climate change that occurring more rapidly than anticipated and the increase in extreme

weather events threatens more disruptive effects to agriculture.

Program to improve productivity of dry land in dry climates have been done since before

1980 . The results are still not optimal with farmers welfare level very low. Various tech-

nologies and innovations for the management of dryland agriculture has been available ,

however, these technologies are still not utilized effectively and still need to be integrated ,

and packed in a practical review of the field on a scale sufficient effort so that it is techni-

cally feasible, socially and economically will be easy and profitable.

Integrated agricultural development model based on innovative and sustainable approach,

supporting by community base is needed to solve the driest climate upland area through

the Food Smart Village models.

Food Smart Village is a rural livelihood that pursue food self-sufficiency by applying inno-

vative agriculture on marginal land. These model developed by 5 pilars interconected inno-

vative technologies coping with climate change to enhance food security and food quality.

Figure 1. FSV Five Pillars for Climate Change Adaptation

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The relation of each FSV pillars for climate change adaptation i.e: The Optimum utilization

of land and water resources through surface and ground water management, soil fertility

enhancement, and micro-climate modification will give the opportunity to spread out food

crops options and enhancing food sovereignity based on agro ecological zone through de-

velopment variety of food product. The biomas product of food crops and poly culture will

allocate the livestock feeds and providing energy and manure for the crops. The animal

waste be input in biogas generation before being applied as high quality fertilizer. The

minimum tillage practices will be take an advantage year-round preservation of soil cover

with crops or crops residues, crop rotations including nitrogen fixing crops. Finally the

utililization of easily decomposed agriculture residue as feed, fuel and fertilizer to enhance

land productivity. Slow decomposed residue can be utilized as mulch to preserve soil mois-

ture particularly in dry areas. On the other hand the zero waste model will be succesfully

adapted through three aplicable “R” aproaches namely minimizing the loss of waste out of

the system of agricultural production (reduce), by reusing as much as possible of agricul-

tural and livestock waste (reuse), thus the entire agricultural and livestock waste generated

is always in the process of recycling (recycle) in agricultural production systems

Food Smart Village for Climate Change Adaptation.

Climate dynamic and vagary becoming more frequent and severe. Climate change and

food security can be adressed together by transforming agriculture and adopting practicces

that are “food and climate smart”. Adaptive technologies to cope with the adverse events

namely cropping system adjustment, cropping calendar, adaptive high-yielding crops vari-

ety, and appropriate water and climate management to be applied accordingly. The suc-

ces story of first year implemtation of FSV in Oebola, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara Timur

showed by the increasing of food crops croping index especially during the dry season from

zero to two time cultivation of various food crops, creating of the food diversification and

providing the livestock feeds. In other words, the implementation of FSV at this location

have changed the agriculture performance “from nothing to something”

Figure 2. Optimized land-water resources in Copping Climate Change (FSV Implementation at

Oebola, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara “from nothing to something”).

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The other excellent examples of succesfully implementation of FSV was adapted at

Limampoecoe, Maros, South Sulawesi by way of the dryland productivity enhancement

through rainfall and runoff harvesting. The approach was done with a series of brilliant

concepts identification of potential land resources, water, climate and social and economic

configuration of the local community as summarized in the following flow chart.

Figure 3. Identification of potential land resources, water, climate and social and economic

configuration of the local community at Limampoecoe, Maros, South Sulawesi.

Fundamental changes that occurred after the implementation of FSV for the farmer at

Limampoecoe, Maros, South Sulawesi were increase of the croping index and crops

diversification and directly jack up farmers' income significantly “from something to many

things” . The original agriculture landscape during the dry the season and changes over

FSV implementation presented in the following figures.

Figure 4. Agriculture landscape during the dry season and changes over FSV implementation in

Limampoecoe, Maros, South Sulawesi.

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Penanggung jawab : Kepala Balai Penelitian Agroklimat dan Hidrologi

Penyunting : Popi Rejekiningrum, Yayan Apriyana, Hendri Sosiawan dan Haryono

Penyunting Pelaksana : Eko Prasetyo

Info Agroklimat dan Hidrologi memuat informasi aktual dan inovasi teknologi hasil-hasil penelitian bidang agroklimat, hidrologi, dan pengelolaan air

Balai Penelitian Agroklimat dan Hidrologi Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Pertanian

Kementerian Pertanian

Hendri Sosiawan

Based on financial analysis of FSV implementation in Limampoecoe, Maros, South Sulawesi

show that the comparation farmer income in hectare between the original cropping pa-

tern and innovating FSV model was very significant. The most valuable Paddy-Water Melon

– Bare cropping patern were able to increase the income of farmers reached more than

100 percent. Changes in cropping pattern and cropping index and its impact on farmers'

income are presented in the following table.

Table 1. Financial Analysis of FSV Implementation in Limampoecoe, Maros, South Sulawesi

Acknowledgement: I would like to thanks very much to Dr. Nani Heryani, Dr. Budi Kartiwa

and Ir. Kurmen Sudarman, MP. for sharing the interesting data and pic-

ture.